CSD Exam 2 – study guide and practice exam preparation material
1. What is a language disorder?
2. What areas of language can be affected by a disorder?
3. How does the diagnosis of a language disorder depend on social, psychological, and
educational impacts
(life-long impact 7a in notes)
pg. 201 - correct answer ✔✔1. impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, or other
symbol systems
2. form: grammar and syntax
content: vocab and semantics
use: pragmatics and social communication
3. exhibit delays in critical lang precursors in first year, slow to achieve milestones in toddler and
preschool years, struggle w academic skills, face ongoing challenges in living and working
Be able to describe and give examples of a language disorder vs. language difference.
pg. 201 - correct answer ✔✔language difference: must consider cultural background, regional
dialects, and normative reference.
1. Define "late talker" pg. 203
2. What % of toddlers are late talkers? - correct answer ✔✔1. late talker: child who shows
delays in early stages of lang development
2. 15%
Give some examples of the lifelong impact of language disorders - correct answer ✔✔7a in
notes
,About what percentage of kids over the age of 5 have a language disorder? - correct answer
✔✔7-10%
1. What does the term Etiology mean?
2. What's the difference between a primary and a secondary disorder?
3. What's the difference between a developmental and acquired disorder? - correct answer
✔✔1. cause
2. primary: occurs in absence of any other disability
secondary: occurs as a result of another disability
3. developmental: present from birth
acquired: sometime after birth
Know the different ways language disorders manifest themselves:
1. Terms: Expressive, mixed, focal, diffuse
2. Is it common to just have a receptive language disorder? - correct answer ✔✔1. expressive:
having problems expressing language
mixed: children show impairments in both comprehension and expression
focal: a disorder affecting only one domain
diffuse: a disorder affecting multiple domains
2. it can also affect reading and writing
Know the following terms, and how they relate to one another:
Decoding, alphabetic principle, reading comprehension - correct answer ✔✔decoding: using
alphabetic principle to ID spoken words and corresponding written words (dyslexia)
alphabetic principle: understanding that speech and print correspond
, reading comprehension: drawing meaning from text
How does the severity of the language disorder influence the services children will need?
page 208-209 - correct answer ✔✔mild: may not need services
moderate: may need accomodations; life-long challenges
severe: extensive modifications; supported employment
profound: no lang skills at all; alternate communication
1. What is SLI?
2. What causes SLI?
3. What are some language characteristics of children with SLI? - correct answer ✔✔1. SLI
(specific language impairment): primary, developmental lang impairment
2. no known causes
3. inconsistent skills across domains
history of slow vocab development
word-finding problems
grammatical production and comprehension
1. What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
2. What are the three defining characteristics?
3. What are the qualifications in terms of emergence of symptoms?
4. What are the possible causes?
5. Do vaccines cause Autism? - correct answer ✔✔1. umbrella term which describes variety of
conditions
1. What is a language disorder?
2. What areas of language can be affected by a disorder?
3. How does the diagnosis of a language disorder depend on social, psychological, and
educational impacts
(life-long impact 7a in notes)
pg. 201 - correct answer ✔✔1. impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, or other
symbol systems
2. form: grammar and syntax
content: vocab and semantics
use: pragmatics and social communication
3. exhibit delays in critical lang precursors in first year, slow to achieve milestones in toddler and
preschool years, struggle w academic skills, face ongoing challenges in living and working
Be able to describe and give examples of a language disorder vs. language difference.
pg. 201 - correct answer ✔✔language difference: must consider cultural background, regional
dialects, and normative reference.
1. Define "late talker" pg. 203
2. What % of toddlers are late talkers? - correct answer ✔✔1. late talker: child who shows
delays in early stages of lang development
2. 15%
Give some examples of the lifelong impact of language disorders - correct answer ✔✔7a in
notes
,About what percentage of kids over the age of 5 have a language disorder? - correct answer
✔✔7-10%
1. What does the term Etiology mean?
2. What's the difference between a primary and a secondary disorder?
3. What's the difference between a developmental and acquired disorder? - correct answer
✔✔1. cause
2. primary: occurs in absence of any other disability
secondary: occurs as a result of another disability
3. developmental: present from birth
acquired: sometime after birth
Know the different ways language disorders manifest themselves:
1. Terms: Expressive, mixed, focal, diffuse
2. Is it common to just have a receptive language disorder? - correct answer ✔✔1. expressive:
having problems expressing language
mixed: children show impairments in both comprehension and expression
focal: a disorder affecting only one domain
diffuse: a disorder affecting multiple domains
2. it can also affect reading and writing
Know the following terms, and how they relate to one another:
Decoding, alphabetic principle, reading comprehension - correct answer ✔✔decoding: using
alphabetic principle to ID spoken words and corresponding written words (dyslexia)
alphabetic principle: understanding that speech and print correspond
, reading comprehension: drawing meaning from text
How does the severity of the language disorder influence the services children will need?
page 208-209 - correct answer ✔✔mild: may not need services
moderate: may need accomodations; life-long challenges
severe: extensive modifications; supported employment
profound: no lang skills at all; alternate communication
1. What is SLI?
2. What causes SLI?
3. What are some language characteristics of children with SLI? - correct answer ✔✔1. SLI
(specific language impairment): primary, developmental lang impairment
2. no known causes
3. inconsistent skills across domains
history of slow vocab development
word-finding problems
grammatical production and comprehension
1. What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
2. What are the three defining characteristics?
3. What are the qualifications in terms of emergence of symptoms?
4. What are the possible causes?
5. Do vaccines cause Autism? - correct answer ✔✔1. umbrella term which describes variety of
conditions
